R.E. Johnson 1968 20 Journal March 11 Beevane Mtn, Washoe Co, Nevada (cont.) the thousands. The wind was blowing making mist netting rediculous and making sitting still to watch the net suicidal. I left at 5:10pm on a hike to keep warm. (It had taken a cold & windy hour to set up the nets: from 2:30 to 3:30 pm). I returned at 5:05 pm after a pleasant jaunt to the Bell telephone relay station on top the peak. There were no birds in the net so I threw a few rocks down the shaft and got no response. at 5:30pm I started taking the nets down. With only one net left covering the hole! I rosy finches flew out of the hole! Nice timing! The finches deserve the Ph D, not I. I [illegible] finished the disassembly and dashed for the car just before dusk. On the return trip I hiked down a side road to the Golden Fleece Mine & threw an avalanche of boulders down a vertical shaft. No finches survived to fly out. I also explored a bit of a horizontal shaft & a shack - no birds seen. I must drove north up US 395 into California to Halleluja Jet & then went over Beckworth Pass (5210 ft) & camped on a dirt road (it) south behind a road side rest area. March 12. 50. Lassen Co., Calif. to Berkeley, Calif. The reason for driving north to this area was to locate a series of 3 mine shafts